The HRP pilus: Learning from flagella

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-19

  He, Sheng Yang ^a   Jin, Qiaoling ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HRP; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037325044     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(02)00007-3     Document Type: Review

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